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#1 DarkHandlez
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do u start out games on normal, easy or hard mode? I know i usually start on normal unless its like COD which i stick on veteran right away. What mode does everyone else start on?
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#2 ag1002
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I start on the hardest mode so I can get all the achievements when I beat the game, and it only takes a few hours longer to beat usually.
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#3 KRYPTONiZE
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The hardest one if there is an achievement like COD.
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#5 donnygorgas
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I just play it on normal mode. I could give 2 sh!ts about achievements. They mean nothing to me and are just bragging rights for little punks and their friends to argue over. "Haha..my Gamerscore is higher than yours...I'm cool...haha....I'm also a virgin, have no life...and spend all day getting each and every achievement possible...haha"paul52181

QFT.

Actually if the game is really good I might play through again on a harder difficulty but 90% of the time I don't.

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#6 iam2green
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i play on normal, hope that i get random achivements that i don't expect to get.
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#7 Ghost_702
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normally just normal.
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#8 a_user
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Either normal or the easiest mode, I'm a casual gamer so I don't exactly spend time getting good enough at a game so I can play through the hardest difficulty mode with ease. A game is the same to me whether you're playing it on easy or veteran mode, I play games for fun not frustration.
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#9 killerfist
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I play on normal first in most games. I wouldnt enjoy the game in my first playthrough on harder settings.
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#10 l3laZeX3
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as of late the hardest one possible becuase its always fun to play on easier difficulties being all aggressive and doing things you wouldn't dare do in harder difficulties... like straight meleeing 80% of the time in shooters
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#11 ag1002
Member since 2004 • 13499 Posts
I just play it on normal mode. I could give 2 sh!ts about achievements. They mean nothing to me and are just bragging rights for little punks and their friends to argue over. "Haha..my Gamerscore is higher than yours...I'm cool...haha....I'm also a virgin, have no life...and spend all day getting each and every achievement possible...haha"paul52181


There's no need to be rude to people who like achievements. I like them because they are a challenge, and I can look at anyone's profile and see what progress they have made in any game. I can see what difficulty they beat the game on and I could tell if they play the multiplayer a lot or if they only dabbled in it. There's no reason to call people names just because they play a video game differently... come on...
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#12 paul52181
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[QUOTE="paul52181"]I just play it on normal mode. I could give 2 sh!ts about achievements. They mean nothing to me and are just bragging rights for little punks and their friends to argue over. "Haha..my Gamerscore is higher than yours...I'm cool...haha....I'm also a virgin, have no life...and spend all day getting each and every achievement possible...haha"ag1002


There's no need to be rude to people who like achievements. I like them because they are a challenge, and I can look at anyone's profile and see what progress they have made in any game. I can see what difficulty they beat the game on and I could tell if they play the multiplayer a lot or if they only dabbled in it. There's no reason to call people names just because they play a video game differently... come on...

I was really just generalizing for some of the screaming kids I hear on live bragging about their gamerscores to their dorky friends. Sorry, wasn't my intent to bash the entire achievement loving community, just the losery, virginy ones....

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#13 tgschmidt
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i play on normal the first time just because for me, i'm usually playing games for the stories. not always, but that's my major thing. i'll go through on harder settings afterward for more of a challenge.
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#14 ArsenicA
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it depends... if its a new game like ive never played b4 i start on normal... if its a game ive played... like vegas 2 ill start on realistic cuz ive played the previous vegas
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#15 FearTheRain
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  1. I turn my Xbox or PS3 on.
  2. If a game is not already in there, I put one in.
  3. I play it!!! :shock:

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#16 Ket87
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I just play it on Normal, if its a good game I'll replay it on a higher difficulty like Mass Effect but normally I'm done after that and just stick to multiplayer or move on to another game. Plus I'm really not big on achievements, I'll get ones that are easy but I don't go out of my way to get really difficult ones because its just a meaningless number.
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#17 msdd9
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I usually play on normal unless it's a game with gameplay I've never (or seldom) play. Example when I first played Marvel: UA I played it on easy because I don't play games like it.
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#18 gta4_2112
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i start on normal and if the game is good enough ill play the other difficuties
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#19 fordies
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I normally play through on normal first then if i can be bothered i may try the harder difficulties but normally i don't because i have become a dabbler once i play though the story mode once i will either go on the multiplayer and forget about the singleplayer or i will go back to other games which i never got round to completing .

I have about 30 games and i can honestly say i have hardly completed any not even on normal nevermind second play throughs on harder difficulties im just not playing video games as much anymore and im buying more games than ever last gen on the PS2 i would normally play through every game at least twice once on normal and then on a harder difficulty but now i just never get round to finishing games.

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#20 MsCortana
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I play on normal first in most games. I wouldnt enjoy the game in my first playthrough on harder settings.killerfist
Thats pretty much how I see it as well.
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#21 Strife88
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I always start games on the highest difficulty, it tends to be more of a challenge and sharpens your skills for the online component if there is one. The only time I'll start on a lower one is if you have finish the game to unlock the more difficult modes. ex: Devil May Cry and Resident Evil.
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#22 yentar480
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I just play it on normal mode. I could give 2 sh!ts about achievements. paul52181
same here. i start off on normal. then after i complete the game when i go back to play the game i play it on the higher difficulty level
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#23 a55a55inx
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i start on normal mode, because if i start on the hardest setting it may not be as fun (since i would still be new to the game) and it also gives incentive to play through the game more than once....
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#24 DarkHandlez
Member since 2007 • 356 Posts
  1. I turn my Xbox or PS3 on.
  2. If a game is not already in there, I put one in.
  3. I play it!!! :shock:

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#25 grunt1096
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I play games on normal. I don't feel like annoying my self on higher difficulties.
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#26 DevilMustCry
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I play them upside down with my feet clamped to the ceiling on the most difficult setting.
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#27 ligerz76
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I play it on the easiest setting if I'm new to the game. If I'm familiar with a game's genre I'll do it on normal. If i've played the other games in the series and I know I was amazing at them then I'll attempt a harder difficulty.
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#28 Links14
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i start on the easiest.
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#29 rocketman001
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I play on normal
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#30 tommat119944
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Depends on the achievements. BTW, i'm not like what was stated above, I just go for them so i know i'veb got the most out of my game. Achievements is a really fantastic idea.
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#31 sly_fiz
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i usually play naked.

oh, what difficulty? easy, of course.


and i like achievements. seriously, would you really want to play a new game if xbox stopped achievments?
there would be no goal or purpose in life :shock:

and i like the book of mice and men. good read.
but im not oprah's book club, so i have no opinion in what to read.

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#32 Spartans_317
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I start out on Easy or Normal, usually the mid difficultly so I can get a good feel of the game. Its not fun when you start on the hardest because it probably will make you quit the game. Its more fun to develop up to the hardest difficulty. I started on Casual in Gears because you get achievements for that. I started COD4 on Regular. I started Halo 3 on Normal. I started Mass Effect on Casual. GRAW2 = low risk, R6V = easy (still havent beaten it lol).
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#33 maccer101
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i play on medium/regular

achievements are just meh.... a number, no point to them

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#34 KGB32
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i start out on normal difficutly, that way i get the learning curve just right then if i really enjoyed the 1st play through i will try it again on harder difficulties.
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#35 GizmoSimo
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i always play on hardest difficulty available , even if there is no achievements for example ps3 games , and hitman blood money was a pain
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#36 KGB32
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I play them upside down with my feet clamped to the ceiling on the most difficult setting.
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#37 Bio_Sm0g
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I play on the hardest mode (legendary, hard-core --> Insane, Veteran) unless its like GH3 where u have to build up.. (with guitar hero i started on medium and worked up to expert)
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#39 craigalan23
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Just matters for fps's probably the hardest but if it's another kinda game probably normal.
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#40 CrazyIvanIV
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I just play it on normal mode. I could give 2 sh!ts about achievements. They mean nothing to me and are just bragging rights for little punks and their friends to argue over. "Haha..my Gamerscore is higher than yours...I'm cool...haha....I'm also a virgin, have no life...and spend all day getting each and every achievement possible...haha"paul52181

my gamerscore is 12,000 and i had sex 3 times today!..... with a woman!....

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#41 HairyBeast87
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do u start out games on normal, easy or hard mode? I know i usually start on normal unless its like COD which i stick on veteran right away. What mode does everyone else start on?DarkHandlez

i usually start on the normal setting.

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#42 Lord_Tik
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I like to enjoy my games. So I usually try to avoid the harder difficulties and play on normal. Trying the same mission or whatever over and over again simply because of the increased difficulty is a waste of time IMO.

The only time I do play on the harder difficulties is only after I finished the game and know what to expect(Bioshock) or when my character is too strong to play on normal anymore (Mass Effect)

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#43 cjgangsta
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Normal.
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#44 scottahuch
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I play my games LONG AND HARD
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#45 mohfrontline
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i usually do normal first, just to get a feel for the game. Then I switch over to hard.
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#46 Avenger1324
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I start most games on normal and see how it goes. If I find it too easy after a few hours I may restart at a harder difficulty.

I like my games to be a bit challenging, but not screaming at the TV, pulling my hair out, and throwing the controller across the room in frustration hard :D

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#47 childe_roland
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[QUOTE="paul52181"]I just play it on normal mode. I could give 2 sh!ts about achievements. They mean nothing to me and are just bragging rights for little punks and their friends to argue over. "Haha..my Gamerscore is higher than yours...I'm cool...haha....I'm also a virgin, have no life...and spend all day getting each and every achievement possible...haha"CrazyIvanIV

my gamerscore is 12,000 and i had sex 3 times today!..... with a woman!....

LMFAO

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#48 valttu
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Normal usually first. Then the hardest.
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#49 valttu
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[QUOTE="CrazyIvanIV"]

[QUOTE="paul52181"]I just play it on normal mode. I could give 2 sh!ts about achievements. They mean nothing to me and are just bragging rights for little punks and their friends to argue over. "Haha..my Gamerscore is higher than yours...I'm cool...haha....I'm also a virgin, have no life...and spend all day getting each and every achievement possible...haha"childe_roland

my gamerscore is 12,000 and i had sex 3 times today!..... with a woman!....

LMFAO



HAHA!! :lol:
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#50 Lostfile
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It depends for me. If it's a game where you only get the best action out of the hardest difficulty, then I play on hard. Most games I just play on normal though and then go back through another time on hard.